Community Contest : Fortress Forever banner design ! - Page 4

o_pixel · 12-04-2006, 10:56 PM

Circuitous · 12-04-2006, 11:06 PM

Top.

o_nezumi · 12-04-2006, 11:11 PM

Top, agreed. People tend to click through or scroll down fairly fast. The previous ones were just a little to fast to read out of the corner of my eye as I might read an add.

o_nodnarb · 12-05-2006, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Circuitous

Top.

ditto

o_l33tplaya · 12-05-2006, 01:03 AM

Heres the one I made...

o_nodnarb · 12-05-2006, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by l33tplaya

Heres the one I made...

wow this is your first post?!?! (spam bots are getting creative!)

umm, I love it, but the maximum it can be is 30 kb, yours is 317 kb

o_tyrus · 12-05-2006, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by l33tplaya

Heres the one I made...

Awesome banner and awesome first post. I hope that one can be reduced in size and still look that good!

I wonder if Nagual could compromise with that site about the size.

o_ivaqual · 12-05-2006, 01:38 AM

Yes this banner is really awesome but I'm afraid I won't be able to make any kind of compromise..The rules are pretty strict and will stay what they are, I think 30kb is pretty small but it'll have to be respected..

o_geokill-----> · 12-05-2006, 01:51 AM

Yeah the size limit has been a bitch for me

o_l33tplaya · 12-05-2006, 01:52 AM

i may be able to restrict it to a little above 30 but i will try my best to lower it and keep quality

o_l33tplaya · 12-05-2006, 02:11 AM

sorry.. only could get it to 110 kb.. i will remake one and post it tomorrow.

**mervaka** · 12-05-2006, 02:35 AM

best thing to do is keep yourself to a limited colour palette. using the photoshop cutout tool or something

o_pyromainiac · 12-05-2006, 03:14 AM

I think it's best to only put the banner up after a release date is announced. Most people will click it the first couple of days its up and if they don't see a date or anything and won't bother any more. Including a date in the banner will help once one is announced too, along with the word "free".

o_frenchtoast · 12-05-2006, 03:27 AM

What's worse is if they click the link and the FRONT PAGE HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN 3 MONTHS!!!1!!1!

o_vertical · 12-05-2006, 04:02 AM

Agreed :P And yeah, I think free is vital to add to the banners. If they think they have to pay for it (like most ads are for) then it's alot less likely they'd click it imo. (Though if the banner is interesting enough, it probably wouldn't matter)

Good job all of you guys, they all look great

o_ivaqual · 12-05-2006, 04:02 AM

there, i added a gallery

if you know anything about html don't check the source or prepare for apoplexy (i learnt html just for this). i actually used a default motd.txt as a basic template, you can imagine the rest.

http://nagual7.free.fr/ffbannercontest/ffbanner.html

o_vertical · 12-05-2006, 04:03 AM

woohoo! the first person to see the gallery

cool beans

If you need any html help nagual, pm me

you might want to stick between Psycnets images, pixels, and Geokills. Even on the high res I'm on, I still have to scroll over. basically just means New Line.

For example:

Code:

<img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.1.gif><br />
<img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.2.gif><br />
<img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.3.gif><br />

By the way, what is everyone using to create thier animated gif's? Photoshop? (I have tons of programs, I'm just wondering)

o_ivaqual · 12-05-2006, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Vertical

woohoo! the first person to see the galary

cool beans

If you need any html help nagual, pm me

you might want to stick between Psycnets images, pixels, and Geokills. Even on the high res im on, I still have to scroll over. basically just means New Line.

For example:

Code:

<img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.1.gif><br />
<img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.2.gif><br />
<img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.3.gif><br />

ah yeah i didn't realize the banners took so much place, i'm on 1600*1200 so the problem just didn't present itself

thanks

btw do u mean i should replace all "enters" with brs ? grrr

o_vertical · 12-05-2006, 04:15 AM

well just after each image line, add a such as in the code box (which is only what Geokills should look like, but the other ones will basically be the exact same)

Edit: You already got it, works great now

I'll try to come up with a little summpin' :P to submit.

hmm 1600x1200 eh :P and I thought 1280x1024 was pretty high... (per monitor) my actual resolution is 2048x1024, but I don't view webpages in that resolution for obvious reasons

I think I'd go blind if I was using your resolution unless your using like a 32" Widescreen monitor or something

o_psycnet · 12-05-2006, 06:07 AM

The funny thing here is, if we have a link on SA, there's always a chance this forum (and it's many superstars, like DH) would end up on the "Weekend Web" feature, where they show how pathetically lost humanity becomes within a community forum.

PS Working on another, I like where this is going ;D

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12-05-2006, 04:03 AM	#77
o_vertical Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA, KY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	woohoo! the first person to see the gallery cool beans If you need any html help nagual, pm me you might want to stick <br /> between Psycnets images, pixels, and Geokills. Even on the high res I'm on, I still have to scroll over. <br /> basically just means New Line. For example: Code: <img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.1.gif><br /> <img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.2.gif><br /> <img src=ffbannerimages/geokill.3.gif><br /> By the way, what is everyone using to create thier animated gif's? Photoshop? (I have tons of programs, I'm just wondering) Last edited by o_vertical; 12-17-2006 at 07:42 PM.

12-05-2006, 04:15 AM	#79
o_vertical Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA, KY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	well just after each image line, add a <br /> such as in the code box (which is only what Geokills should look like, but the other ones will basically be the exact same) Edit: You already got it, works great now I'll try to come up with a little summpin' :P to submit. hmm 1600x1200 eh :P and I thought 1280x1024 was pretty high... (per monitor) my actual resolution is 2048x1024, but I don't view webpages in that resolution for obvious reasons I think I'd go blind if I was using your resolution unless your using like a 32" Widescreen monitor or something Last edited by o_vertical; 12-05-2006 at 04:22 AM.

12-04-2006, 10:56 PM	#61
o_pixel Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times

12-04-2006, 11:11 PM	#63
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Top, agreed. People tend to click through or scroll down fairly fast. The previous ones were just a little to fast to read out of the corner of my eye as I might read an add.

12-05-2006, 01:03 AM	#65
o_l33tplaya Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Heres the one I made...

12-05-2006, 01:38 AM	#68
o_ivaqual Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Europe, Front Yard Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yes this banner is really awesome but I'm afraid I won't be able to make any kind of compromise..The rules are pretty strict and will stay what they are, I think 30kb is pretty small but it'll have to be respected..

12-05-2006, 01:51 AM	#69
o_geokill-----> Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Tejas Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Yeah the size limit has been a bitch for me

12-05-2006, 01:52 AM	#70
o_l33tplaya Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	i may be able to restrict it to a little above 30 but i will try my best to lower it and keep quality

12-05-2006, 02:11 AM	#71
o_l33tplaya Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	sorry.. only could get it to 110 kb.. i will remake one and post it tomorrow.

12-05-2006, 03:14 AM	#73
o_pyromainiac Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I think it's best to only put the banner up after a release date is announced. Most people will click it the first couple of days its up and if they don't see a date or anything and won't bother any more. Including a date in the banner will help once one is announced too, along with the word "free".

12-05-2006, 03:27 AM	#74
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	What's worse is if they click the link and the FRONT PAGE HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN 3 MONTHS!!!1!!1!

12-05-2006, 04:02 AM	#75
o_vertical Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA, KY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Agreed :P And yeah, I think free is vital to add to the banners. If they think they have to pay for it (like most ads are for) then it's alot less likely they'd click it imo. (Though if the banner is interesting enough, it probably wouldn't matter) Good job all of you guys, they all look great

12-05-2006, 06:07 AM	#80
o_psycnet Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada eh? Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The funny thing here is, if we have a link on SA, there's always a chance this forum (and it's many superstars, like DH) would end up on the "Weekend Web" feature, where they show how pathetically lost humanity becomes within a community forum. PS Working on another, I like where this is going ;D

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